樓閣

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See also: 楼阁 and 楼閣

Chinese

house with more than 1 story; storied building; floor council-chamber; shelf
trad. (樓閣)
simp. (楼阁)
anagram 閣樓阁楼

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (37) (28)
Final () (137) (103)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I I
Fanqie
Baxter luw kak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ləu/ /kɑk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/ləu/ /kɑk̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/ləu/ /kɑk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ləw/ /kak̚/
Li
Rong
/lu/ /kɑk̚/
Wang
Li
/ləu/ /kɑk̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/lə̯u/ /kɑk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
lóu ge
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
lau4 gok3

Noun

樓閣

  1. tower; building; pavilion (Classifier: m)

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Descendants

Sino-Xenic (樓閣):